Biography
Rebecca De Mornay (born August 29, 1959, height 5' 5½" (1,66 m)) is an American film and television actress. Her breakthrough film role came in 1983, when she played Lana in Risky Business opposite Tom Cruise. Her other notable film roles include Sara in Runaway Train in 1985, Helen McCaffrey in the thriller Backdraft in 1991 and her portrayal of the chillingly twisted nanny Peyton Flanders in the popular 1992 thriller The Hand That Rocks the Cradle.
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Filmography
all 65
Movies 52
TV Shows 13
self 4
Director 1
Narrator 1
Brenda
Peter Five Eight (2024)
Movie
Maggie
Angel Baby (2023)
Movie
Aggie
She Ball (2020)
Movie
Vi Warner
Periphery (2018)
Movie
Vivian Hill
I Am Wrath (2016)
Movie
4
Penelope Decker / Penelope
Lucifer (2016)
TV
7.21
Dorothy Walker
Marvel's Jessica Jones (2015)
TV
5.94
Mayor Ramona 'Nomi' Billingsley
Collar (2015)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Movie
Sara
Running on Empty: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky (2013)
Movie
Maddie Slate
Apartment 1303 3D (2012)
Movie
Finch's Mother / Rachel - Finch's Mom
American Reunion (2012)
Movie
6.06
Mother
Mother's Day (2010)
Movie
Patsy Loski
Flipped (2010)
Movie
6.4
Self
Celebrity Ghost Stories (2009)
TV
Self
The Dream is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business (2008)
Movie
Celia
American Venus (2007)
Movie
Cissy Yost
John from Cincinnati (2007)
TV
Richard's Mom
Music Within (2007)
Movie
Mrs. Kroeger
Wedding Crashers (2005)
Movie
5.83
Philaine
Lords of Dogtown (2005)
Movie
Nina Fletcher
Raise Your Voice (2004)
Movie
6.13
Caroline Suzanne
Identity (2003)
Movie
5.29
Elizabeth Parris
Salem Witch Trials (2002)
Movie
Kim McCormack
A Girl Thing (2001)
Movie
Lainey Berman
Range of Motion (2000)
Movie
Derian McCall
The Right Temptation (2000)
Movie
Ruth Draper
Wicked Ways (1999)
Movie
Tessa McKellen
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
TV
6.19
Nora Mahler
Night Ride Home (1999)
Movie
Petrone
Thick as Thieves (1999)
Movie
Barbara Beaton / Nancy Thoroughgood
The Con (1998)
Movie
Winifred Torrance
The Shining (1997)
TV
5.5
Hannah Rose
The Practice (1997)
TV
Louise
The Winner (1996)
Movie
Dr. Sarah Taylor
Never Talk to Strangers (1995)
Movie
4
Woman / Director
The Outer Limits (1995)
TV
6
Elaine Nichols
ER (1994)
TV
5.44
Arlene Holsclaw
Getting Out (1994)
Movie
Milady
The Three Musketeers (1993)
Movie
1
Jennifer Haines
Guilty as Sin (1993)
Movie
Lynn Kaines
Blind Side (1993)
Movie
Peyton Flanders
The Hand that Rocks the Cradle (1992)
Movie
6
Helen McCaffrey
Backdraft (1991)
Movie
6.57
Flo
An Inconvenient Woman (1991)
TV
Moreau
By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
Movie
6
Anna Schuman
Dealers (1989)
Movie
DeWitt
Feds (1988)
Movie
Robin Shea
And God Created Woman (1988)
Movie
Self
Tanner '88 (1988)
TV
Beauty
Beauty and the Beast (1987)
Movie
5.22
Claire Dupin
The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1986)
Movie
Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
Pecos Bill (1986)
Movie
Thelma
The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
Movie
Sara
Runaway Train (1985)
Movie
Rose 'Slew Foot Sue' Peasley
Tall Tales & Legends (1985)
TV
Debby Palmer
The Slugger's Wife (1985)
Movie
Cathy Pitkin
Testament (1983)
Movie
Lana
Risky Business (1983)
Movie
5
Understudy
One from the Heart (1982)
Movie
Narrator
NOVA (1974)
TV
4.75
Aunt Theodora
Giving Thanks
Movie
Saint Clare
Movie
Actress
Clare at 16
Movie
Kate
The Whisper Network
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.86
Based on 2.35 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1974
1991
1999
1994
2024
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1959-08-29 (64 years old)
Birth NameRebecca Jane Pearch
Birth PlaceSanta Rosa, United States of America
Height
RelationshipsBruce Wagner (1986-12-16 - 1990-12-02), Patrick O'Neal (1995-01-01 - 2002-01-01), Tom Cruise (1983-01-01 - 1985-01-01)
FatherWally George
MotherJulie Eager
SiblingsJonathan De Mornay
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsRebecca Jane Pearch
AwardsMTV Movie Award for Best Villain, MTV Movie & TV Awards
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